Mitt Romney's infamous 47 percent speech to a closed audience of his wealthy supporters and his post-election remarks that President Obama won because of gifts to selected groups are examples.

CEO Jennings' citing of the obesity crisis and the costs to the health care system of poor diet choices seems free of political and class bias, but the wealthy can afford a healthier diet as well as personal dietitions and physical trainers. The less wealthy are the target of fast-food advertising.

Let's consider graft in the health care system.

Who pads the cost of health care services? Who prescribes unnecessary tests and drugs? Not the patient on Medicare, Medicaid, or employment-based group coverage with ever-increasing co-pays and deductibles.

Imagine the benefits if the American people did not provide the world's largest market for illicit drugs. The impact on our domestic crime rate and foreign policy would be immense.

What makes the American market for illicit drugs so profitable to drug lords and tyrants is not the impoverished addicts in the slums; it is the recreational users in prosperous suburbs, or beyond in the posh clubs, resorts, condos, and mansions serving as playgrounds of the rich and famous.

How great it would be if all Americans exercised a bit more personal responsibility. That will be especially difficult for the wealthy who, after all, are the ones who really feel themselves entitled.